proparamere

proparamere
n. [Gr. pro, before; para, near; meros, part]
(ARTHROPODA: Insecta)
1. In some Dermaptera, a lateral sclerite which may consist of anterior and posterior parts that support the parameres.
2. In Diptera (Cyclorrhapha), one of two parameral processes; see opisthoparamere.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • opisthoparamere — n. [Gr. opisthen, behind; para, beside; meros, part] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Diptera (Cyclorrhaphra), especially Calyptrata, one of two parameral processes; see proparamere …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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